and so this election for next tuesday is now framed. it's mother nature versus the unrestrained use of oil and coal and other polluting sources. i think the public now sees what the consequences are of having this issue just be ignored. it's no longer just some abstract issue that might be affecting the arctic. what's happening in the arctic is now affecting the weather here on the east coast and all across the united states. and so it's now an issue. and i think that it's really got mitt romney on the defensive, as he should be, because the mitt romney who was the governor of mch massachusetts, my home state, he believed in climate science, but the mitt romney that runs for the republican nomination for president in 2012, he can't believe in climate science, he has to make jokes about it in order to get the nomination of one of the most historical parties of our country's history and that's a sad state of scientific affairs. >> mayor bloomberg the key to the endorsement was the position on climate change and he talked about the choices